September 2 - 22, 2016
THE LAB
Portraits of Percussion
by Lyudmila Tomova & Gregory Whitt
> Past Exhibits
Susan Peters/United Arts
September 2016
Community Exhibits
Susan Peters brightened up United Arts Council's exhibition space with her whimsical and color-filled paintings.
OUR OWN TERMS
September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery
For the first time ever, VAE hosted a completely video/moving image exhibition in our Main Gallery with OUR OWN TERMS. The exhibition featured 20 videos by artists from across the region and country.
IlaSahai Prouty: A Social Construction, Paper Bag Test – Raleigh
August 20 - October 8, 2016
The Cube
IlaSahai Prouty uses The Cube gallery to host a conversation about identity based on skin color and breaks down the barriers that keep us locked in conventional thinking.
NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT.
September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery
NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT featured artists' creative and almost adequate solutions to everyday problems.
humor me!
August 5 - 25, 2016
Main Gallery
We all need a good laugh from time to time, especially in an election year! VAE's exhibition, humor me! provided quite the laugh with 29 pieces of hilarious art!
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Blaine Janas / United Arts
August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Blaine Janas at United Arts features Janas's detailed, handcrafted, metal flower arrangements and animal sculptures.
Abstract & Contemporary Artists’ Group / United Arts
July - August 2016
Community Exhibits
The Abstract & Contemporary Artist Group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7pm at VAE and exhibit together throughout the year.
Catherine Vorseky & Cindy Morefield / HagerSmith PA
August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Translucent Qualities featured two of VAE's most talented abstract artists.
OUR DAILY MIGRATION
July 1-21, 2016
Main Gallery + Exchange Gallery
For the month of July 2016 VAE's Main Gallery sported artist's depictions of their daily commute! The Exchange Gallery became an interactive space that allowed public involvement, shaping an open and creative conversation about infrastructure and art.
EXCHANGE GALLERY: Interactive Lab
July 2016
The Lab
This interactive space allowed the public to tell a good joke and have a good laugh!
Nora Hartlaub: Hush
June 22 - August 5, 2016
The Cube
Nora Hartlaub's sculptural and mixed media works filled The Cube and commented on North Carolina's current political landscape.
525,600 MINS
May 28 - September 3, 2016
Waterworks Visual Art Center
525,600 MINS was a colloboration with Waterworks Visual Art Center, an accredited museum. The exhibition featured VAE members' work depicting their relationship with time and place.
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Mary Ann Anderson / AJ Fletcher Foundation
July - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Mary Ann Anderson's mix of two-dimensional, mixed media, and installation works are on view at AJ Fletcher Foundation through October 2016.
Randy McNamara / Aloft Raleigh
June - August 2016
Community Exhibits
Randy McNamara's exhibition SWARM was VAE's inaugural exhibition in the Aloft Raleigh space, directly across from NC State University's bell tower.
Vicki Rees / AJ Fletcher Foundation
March - May 2016
Community Exhibits
Vicki Rees transformed AJ Fletcher Foundation into a natural sciences museum with her high-realism paintings of natural scenes.
SCOPE 2016: the southern landscape
June 3-24, 2016
Main Gallery
VAE's annual SCOPE exhibition showcases the widest range of “landscape” works possible.
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Exchange Gallery: June Featured Artists
June 3 - 24, 2016
Exchange Gallery
Featured Artists: Sarah Blackmon Lips // Diala Estela // John Orrand // Lakeshia Reid // Tim Saguinsin
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TACTILE
May 6 - 26, 2016
MAIN GALLERY
TACTILE was a multisensory and universally designed exhibition that helped to expand VAE's audience to include more people with disabilities.
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PROJECT POSTCARD
May 6-7, 2016
Storefront Windows
PROJECT POSTCARD is part of VAE's annual young artist programming, exhibiting creative work by Wake County Students in the storefront windows of Downtown Raleigh cultural venues.